The Black Death

What was the first city affected by the Black Death?

• Caffa

• Constinopal

• Nottingham

• London

How did the Mongols Infect the first city to get Black Death?

• They catapulted the bodies of Black Death victims over the wall

• They shot arrows covered in bodily fluids from Black Death victims into the city

• They burnt the bodies of the victims next to the wall to infect the city with the smoke

• They tied dead black rats (carriers of the plague) to arrows and shot them over the wall

What is the scientific name for the Black Death?

• Bubonos Plagus

• Bubonic plague

• Black plague

• Feniximus Plagus

Approximately what fraction of the population did the black death wipe out?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 3/8

• 15/16

About how long did the black plague last?

• 3 years

• 8 years

• It has lasted forever

• 5 years

What was believed to be the first country to contract the Black Death

• Italy

• Greece

• Scandinavia

• Israel

Is the Black Death a Bacterial Infection OR a Virus

• Bacterial Infection

• Virus

About how long did someone with the Black Death live?

• 3-5 days

• 1-3 days

• 4-6 days

• 1-4 days

What was the most common treatment for the Black Plague?

• Blood-Letting

• Leeching

• Rubbing onions/ a plucked (live) chicken on the sores until it died

• popping the sores

Everyone who came in contact with the plague died from it

• True

• False